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22 Jan 2019; MEMO: The US Embassy in Libya yesterday called to “immediately resume” oil production after forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar shut down major oil fields and pipelines.

“We are deeply concerned that the suspension of National Oil Corporation (NOC) operations risks exacerbating the humanitarian emergency in Libya and inflicting further needless suffering on the Libyan people. NOC operations should resume immediately,” the US embassy said on Twitter.

22 Jan 2019; MEMO: US President Donald Trump’s special adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is due to arrive in Israel today to attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum and discuss announcing the “deal of the century”, Axios reported.

22 Jan 2019; MEMO: The United Nations on Monday called on Israel to lift its crippling siege of the Gaza Strip adding that support for Palestinians must continue until a solution is reached for the crisis, Anadolu reported.

Geneva, Jan 21 (AFP/PTI) Washington called Tuesday on Beijing to join its nuclear arms talks with Moscow, warning that lack of transparency around China's growing weapons stockpile posed a "serious threat".

The United States and Russia have held two rounds of talks aimed at reducing misunderstandings about critical security issues since the collapse of a Cold War nuclear pact last year, which triggered fears of a new arms race.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (APP): Economic inequality is growing across countries with more than 70 per cent of the global population, benefitting the wealthiest, according to flagship U.N. report

The World Social Report 2020, released by the United Nations amid an ongoing summit of the world’s rich and powerful in Davos, Switzerland, said the historically high levels of inequality are closing the door to a better life for millions of people as greater inequality stifles economic growth and can escalate political instability.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton criticized the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective U.S. senator who accomplished little because “nobody liked him.”

Clinton also weighed in on the dispute between Sanders and 2020 Democratic presidential rival Elizabeth Warren centering around the electability of women, saying Sanders demonstrated “a pattern” in how his campaign attacked women rivals.

SAN FRANCISCO/CAIRO (Reuters) - Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos’ phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The impeachment trial against U.S. President, Donald Trump, kicked off Tuesday in the Senate, as the chamber debated, and would later vote on, a resolution stipulating rules guiding the process.

With Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Roberts, presiding over the session and the Senate clerk finishing reading the draft resolution, proposed by Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, the two opposing sides – House managers as prosecutors and Trump’s legal defence team – debated the trial rules.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (APP): Almost half a billion people around the world are stuck in poverty as they struggle to find work or a job that is adequately paid, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO), a U.N. agency.

“For millions of ordinary people, it’s increasingly difficult to build better lives through work,” ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in a statement.

WASHINGTON, January 21. /TASS/: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo did not rule out that Washington may impose new sanctions on those who support the government of Nicolas Maduro, according to remarks after Pompeo's meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in Bogota published on the official website of the US Department of State.